Before Jaxon was born Keeley and I went to my favorite antique store in Beaufort and came across this Taxi Pedal car that I couldn’t turn down, actually I didn’t get it when we first went in, I went home and kept talking about it to Drew and then ended up calling the shop and telling them to hold it for me to pick up the next day haha. I knew it would be perfect for Jaxon’s monthly photos that I wanted to do. You always see the photos of the babies in the chairs each month and so forth but I wanted something different that I personally hadn’t seen before (not saying it’s never been doing before I just haven’t seen it yet
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Katie and I went out and took my maternity photos we incorporated it into them as well which was a lot of fun.
We of course used them in his newborn photos, which turned out to be on his birth announcement (and framed on his wall). The chalkboard I made with a piece of plywood that I put woodfiller on and sanded down then sprayed with chalkboard spray paint, it wasn’t perfect but it fit what we needed. (also this is a composite photo to keep Jax safe)
His one month photos he kept trying to scoot out of the car. We took this in his room which didn’t give the best light but I still love it. I used his original bedding blanket I had made him for this
Two months we moved into the living room for these, he also learned not to try to fall out of the car while mommy is taking photos. I added in his lovey that Auntie B gave him
By three months the belly trick wasn’t happening anymore so I used the quilt I made him to prop him and his favorite sleep toy up for his photo
For four months I added things he liked to the chalkboard, in hind sight I wish I hadn’t since the others don’t have it as well but it’s okit’s a nice reminder of what he liked at the time. I love his expression in this <3
During his five month photo we were moving, like literally we were packing up the truck and the chalkboard was the next to go in so we snapped his photo real quick. He was too interested in what was going on to look at me. This is also the last photo with this chalkboard, either it’s stacked up with the rest of our stuff somewhere or we accidentally left it in the moving truck, I really have no idea…
So for his 6 month photo he got a new chalkboard, I forgot what type of board it is but it didn’t need sanding or filling just painting. He was a bit more interested in the steering wheel but I did get him to look for a photo
His seven month photo fell on Christmas and I had already fixed up the board for Christmas photos so we went with it, this was also the first time he sat in the car without anything holding him up, the blanket is just there so he doesn’t have to sit on the cold metal car since it was outside before the photos, he did have a spotter though
His eight month photos were a lot of fun, he was more interested in driving the car but it was a lot of fun to see him play and try to reach the pedals
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I hate lowering the cribs it’s something about them at that height that I love. The kids upcycled own hats are from Freckletree and Keeley’s grey striped hat and Jax’s skull hat are from Get Your Craft On SHOP. I’m going to have a hard time making the kids yearly albums at this rate, but I’m happy I can capture all the memories I can even if I have a million photos albums to go with it.jpg)
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